Stress Management BlogThe Stress Management Blog is your link to Strictly-Stress-Management.com. The articles and information you find here will help you take back control of your health and your life. Here, you will find... - all the up-to-date information you need to help you solve all your personal wellness challenges; - book, product and site reviews to give you access to the resources you need to kick out stress from your life - the occasional bit of humor to help keep things a bit lighter. Feb 22, 2010, Stress Related Illnesses Are Growing In Number.Do you suffer from any stress related illnesses, such as Asthma, Diabetes or Cancer. They are all caused by oxidative stress and emotional stress. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Stress Related Illnesses Are Growing In Number." Feb 22, 2010, How To Reduce Financial Stress - Learn 4 Passive Income StrategiesHave you discovered how to reduce financial stress? Sometimes the only answer is to add a source of income. Here are 4 great strategies to earn a passive full-time or part-time income. Feb 21, 2010, Dr. Oz says, "You're the Army!"Wow, I just had the pleasure of watching a short conversation on YouTube between Dr. Oz and Jorge Cruise, author of the Belly Fat Cure. It's well worth the watch. Sugar is the silent killer.
If you want to start addressing the problem of sugar in your diet, please visit Dr. Ray Strand's Releasing Fat Website and sign up for the Healthy for Life program. If you use my discount code "futurefocus" it will only cost you $39.96 USD for the 3 month program (12 weeks). You will receive tons of information, access to a lifestyle journal, recipes and recommended food lists. The reality is that sugar is more addictive than cocaine and heroin, and it's more destructive than a natural disaster when you consider how many people die from sugar-related chronic disease each year. Are you just going to sit around waiting to become a statistic or are you going to fight oxidative stress and live? Join the army! Let your friends and family hear Dr. Oz's message today. Feb 20, 2010, Oxidative Stress Report: Diabetes in Pregant Women Increases Birth Defects in Children by Four TimesThe more research scientists do, the more they learn how dangerous is the problem of free radicals and oxidative stress. An article from Reuters Online News Service reports that women who already have diabetes before getting pregnant are four times more likely to produce a child with a birth defect, such as Spina Bifida, Cleft Palate or heart defects. It has long been understood that the main cause of all chronic degenerative disease, including Diabetes, is free radicals and oxidative stress. More simply put, the better job you do of eliminating free radicals, the less likely you are to get sick from chronic disease. The more I read and study about wellness, the more I realize how absolutely helpless we are against disease and dysfunction without the help of antioxidants. This is so because antioxidants are capable of neutralizing free oxygen radicals before they can do more damage. We also, absolutely must, engage in extreme lifestyle change (Dr. Ray Strand). One way for people to stabilize their blood sugar, reverse diseases such as Diabetes and lose weight is through the consumption of foods high in antioxidant flavonoids.(Dr. Steve Warren). One such food is pure, unadulterated cocoa beans made into healthy dark chocolate. The cocoa can't be beat up and highly-processed, like most of the food we eat today, and it can't be filled with unhealthy milk, refined sugar and all the other fillers, like most chocolate on the market today. No, it has to be cold-pressed and gently treated and made into healthy and yummy dark chocolate using low-glycemic sweeteners such as Agave Nectar, Palatinose, and of course, naturally-occurring, low glycemic fructose. If you want to get the healthiest, yummiest dark chocolate on the planet, just follow this link to Xocai. Of course, there is more to reversing disease and losing weight than just eating healthy chocolate, but increasing the amount of antioxidants you consume is a very big step in the right direction. Isn't it time to give your future children a fighting chance? Click here to read the full Reuters Article. Jan 17, 2010, A Stress Quote a Day Keeps Anxiety at Bay!Reading a stress quote can help lighten your day. Here is a collection of quotes, some famous and others more obscure, some funny and others more serious. Permalink -- click for full blog post "A Stress Quote a Day Keeps Anxiety at Bay!" Jan 16, 2010, 40 Stress Management Tips For You.What stress management tips do you use to get through your day? Here is a list from Reader's Digest. Permalink -- click for full blog post "40 Stress Management Tips For You." Jan 13, 2010, Strengthen Your Stress Management Muscles.Never before has there been a need to get our stress management skills in tip top shape. Effective stress management should almost be an Olympic sport. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Strengthen Your Stress Management Muscles. " Jan 13, 2010, Ignorance is Not Bliss, When It Comes To Money. End Financial Stress Now!How much debt are you in? $5000? $10,000? More? What a sad state affairs for people in North America. We are obese, stressed out, sick and laden with debt. We aren't just chubby - we are fat; we aren't just stressed - we are suffering from clinical anxiety disorders; we aren't just "under the weather" - we are dying from chronic disease; and we aren't just in a little debt - we are drowning under a mountain of bills. What a sad commentary. What ever happened to our quality of life? Where did it go? Money is a big one for many people these days. They are so stressed out about money. Debt loads are huge, income levels are dropping, job security is disappearing and costs, of course, are rising and rising fast. I would love to be able to say that the cure is as simple as 1.2.3. With many of my stress topics, I have been able to point to a food that you can stop eating or a scientific solution that can be implemented and suddenly the unbearable problem can be lifted away. This is not the case with money. Financial stress is a learned thing. You are either comfortable with it or not. If you are comfortable with money, then debt will not bother you, and getting the money you need, will simply be a journey. You might seek out different money-making ventures, you might increase your knowledge as you go through life and, overtime, money will not cause you much stress. If, however, you are not comfortable with money or you have issues with money that have been left over from childhood, then money will be a problem for you. Debt will cause you stress, losing a job or being temporarily unemployed will drive you to the brink, and earning money will always be a chore. You will probably continually sabotage yourself. It's all in your head. One of the best ways to overpower your mind so that you can begin to relax around money is through hypnosis. You have to start learning some new money patterns. You need to give yourself permission to have money. Only then can you take the steps needed to have money. To show the power of suggestion, watch Steve G Jones perform some humorous street hypnosis that temporarily renders people no longer able to count to ten. Get Steve G. Jones' End Finance Stress Hypnosis Program Now!
One of those steps is education. As with any stress related issue, education is key. The more you know about food and your body's physiology, the more likely you will be to lose weight and keep it off. Money is the same, the more you know about money and finance, the more likely you will be to find ways to earn money and keep it flowing into your life. Jan 13, 2010, What Anxiety Symptoms Are Plaguing You?If anxiety symptoms and panic attacks rule your life, it's time to reprogram the Amygdala Organs in your brain with the Charles Linden Method. Permalink -- click for full blog post "What Anxiety Symptoms Are Plaguing You?" Jan 12, 2010, Emotional Eating Tripping You Up?Many think stress and weight gain are linked; however, emotional eating is only one element of weight gain. Learn more about uncontrollable hunger here. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Emotional Eating Tripping You Up?" Jan 11, 2010, Stress, Panic and Anxiety in a RestaurantSee video farther down page. About 15 years ago, I sat eating lunch in a restaurant, something I used to do on a regular basis. I was about 15 minutes into the meal when all of a sudden, I felt an overwhelming need to get out of the restaurant. In a matter of minutes, I flagged down a server, paid my bill and left. Once outside, I began to breathe normally again. Then I looked around and became a little upset. What the hell was the matter with me? This had never happened before. From that point forward, every time I tried to go to a restaurant, the same thing happened. A short while later, I moved away from that town (a small town) and I moved back to the city. I was a city girl at heart and had moved to that small town about two years earlier. Once back in the city, I resumed my restaurant activity, as normal, but it was some time before I noticed that going to restaurants no longer caused a panic reaction in me. What was the difference? Time passed and, of course, with age comes wisdom. I've had occasion to look back on that time in my life and I have realized that I was experiencing panic attacks and since learning about panic and anxiety, I now know that the experience of living in that small town was very stifling to me for some reason and that feeling of suffocation was manifesting itself in panic attacks at restaurants. The solution to my problem happened by accident - I moved away from the place that was making me feel stifled. I wonder, if I knew then what I know now about stress, hormones, panic and anxiety, how I would have handled my developing panic attacks. Perhaps I would have tried flower essences or aromatherapy, perhaps I would have cut sugar out of my diet, perhaps I would have gotten into the great outdoors more often, perhaps I could have visited the city more often, and the list goes on. As I have grown older, I have learned that recognizing and accepting stress when it is happening is the first step and I have also learned that we can all benefit greatly just from understanding more about stress and the body's response to it. If you know what stress is and how your body responds to it, then you will be far more likely to keep your toolbox stocked with the right stress management tools for you. I was lucky, my panic attacks were mild and short-term and the cure was accidental. Not everyone is so lucky. For some people, anxiety controls their lives as was the case with Charles Linden which led to his development of the Linden Method for curing anxiety disorder. Click here for the Linden Method!
Jan 11, 2010, Signs of Stress are Everywhere. Are You Paying Attention?What are the signs of stress in your life and what are you doing about them? Getting sick from stress is a choice. Act early to recognize and deal with the warning signs of stress. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Signs of Stress are Everywhere. Are You Paying Attention?" Jan 10, 2010, A Stress Free Creed To Live ByWhen I was 15 years old, I was fortunate to win two major awards for service and citizenship. One was the Youth Appreciation Week Award for my city and the other was a major service award for my school. Both awards came as a surprise and I received many accolades as a result of this good fortune. My most prized possession was a plaque that listed the ten tenets of The Optimist Creed as promoted by the Optimist International organization. This creed (see below) is, as to be expected, all about following an optimistic path in life. In some ways, it is the original SECRET. Living a happy and stress-free life is a choice. You can choose to let life push you around and you can choose to see everything through a negative filter and you will reap what you sew. You can also choose to follow The Optimist Creed or to respect The Laws of Attraction and you will be the engineer of your life instead of having to accept what life hands you. Being an eternal optimist doesn't mean you have to stop being pragmatic or realistic but it does give you the power to start each day with fresh hope and inspiration. Any person who starts his or her day in this manner will live with far less stress than someone who does not. My plaque still hangs on my wall in my workspace where I refer to it often to remind myself to be optimistic about life. Since my youth, two more items have been added to the list.
The twelve tenets are as follows: PROMISE YOURSELF: To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them. To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile. To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but in great deeds. To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you. Jan 8, 2010, 32 Double-Duty, Stress-Reducing GiftsI know Christmas just ended, but it’s not too early to get started on next year’s gift giving. So, give some things away this coming Christmas. Not just on Christmas, but during all the weeks leading up to December 25. We could call these weekly gifts “our Christmas projects.” Maybe do one per week from now until December 25th. Here are a few suggestions and when you exhaust the list, go back to the beginning and start again. Let’s make Christmas one long, extended gift of ourselves to others. Unselfishly. Without announcement. Or obligation. Or reservation. Or hypocrisy.
Each one of the things on the list below is a double-duty, stress-reducer. A little kindness shown towards another person is an obvious way to help another person reduce stress. In addition, many people don’t realize that when we do something nice for someone else it increases the Oxytocin (trust hormone) and Dopamine (feel good hormone) levels in our own bodies. Higher levels of both of these hormones is highly desired in a good stress management program. Adapted from Charles R. Swindoll’s “The Finishing Touch.” Jan 8, 2010, Stress in the City...or NOT!I moved away from the city in 2005. I spent most of my life living near Vancouver, BC, Canada and then in 2005, I uprooted my family and moved to the southern interior region of British Columbia, Canada (near Alberta and the Idaho pipe). It was the best decision I have ever made in my life. If, however, you want to stay stressed, then fell free to stick with the big city rat race. Initially, I moved to a little town with 7500 people and then I moved even smaller and now I live in a tiny town with only 1800 people. There are only about 15-20,000 people in the whole trading area. Now don't get me wrong, the transition was not easy. When I first arrived here it was a culture shock - big city girl meets small town cliques. Upon arrival, I was told by many that time doesn't move as fast as in the city so don't get your hopes up. Were they ever right! It's a whole different time zone, known locally as "Kootenay Time." But four years later, I have slowed down and I have adapted and now I feel quite at home. I don't even have the desire to go back. Since leaving, I have only been back to Vancouver one time and I have ventured to other cities (Spokane, Calgary, Kelowna) only a handful of times. There is less shopping, there are few attractions, there are fewer amenities, stores are not open all hours and the lifestyle is much more family oriented as a result. This is a very good thing. We are still busy, but not in the same high pressure way, and of course, the cost of living is much cheaper so we have far less financial stress as well. All in all, what started as an unplanned, even reactive, move out of the big city has turned into a excellent stress-reducing life transition. I highly recommend it to everyone.Posted by Strictly-Stress-Management.com at 8:35 PM Jan 3, 2010, Environmental Stress Leads to Oxidative Stress and Then Serious Chronic Degenerative Disease.Environmental stress leads to oxidative stress, which then leads to serious chronic degenerative disease. 350 parts per million (ppm) of CO2 (carbon dioxide) is the upper safe limit. Get involved and take action. Jan 1, 2010, The Biggest Loser Diet Challenge Comes to the Beaver Valley.Sajen Wellness plays host to the 2010 Beaver Valley Biggest Loser Diet Challenge combined with the Healthy for Life RESET Challenge. Permalink -- click for full blog post "The Biggest Loser Diet Challenge Comes to the Beaver Valley." Dec 24, 2009, Really Good Stress Management Programs Can, Literally, Save Your Life.Learning to develop a wellness plan is one of many stress management programs that everyone should take. Dec 23, 2009, Inspirational Tips for Reducing Stress on VideoUsing positive thinking & success affirmations are among the best tips for reducing stress. Watch these inspirational videos. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Inspirational Tips for Reducing Stress on Video" Dec 22, 2009, 10 Ways To Reduce StressCheck this list of 10 ways to reduce stress and perhaps one will assist you in creating a stress-reduced or stress-free reality. Permalink -- click for full blog post "10 Ways To Reduce Stress" Dec 21, 2009, Disney's Stress Management Philosophy
Timon and Pumbaa from Lion King got it right as did Baloo the Bear from The Jungle Book. "No Worries" and the "Bare Necessities of Life". If we could all watch more Disney, perhaps we would have a lot less stress.
Happy watching and have a Merry "STRESS FREE" Christmas. Dec 19, 2009, Vitamins for Stress are a Key Tool in Your Stress Management Arsenal.Don't take just any vitamins for stress, though. If you're not taking USANA vitamins, you may as well donate your money to charity since you're likely doing more harm than good. Dec 18, 2009, Low Stress Jobs Can Really Improve Your Quality of Life.As far as low stress jobs or high stress jobs go, how does your current job measure up? Is it time for a job or career change? Permalink -- click for full blog post "Low Stress Jobs Can Really Improve Your Quality of Life." Dec 9, 2009, What Is Stress? The REAL Answer Could Change Your Life!What is Stress? Can anything be done about it? Many take for granted that stress just IS and there is nothing that can be done about it. But, what if you really do have a choice? Permalink -- click for full blog post "What Is Stress? The REAL Answer Could Change Your Life!" Dec 9, 2009, 4 Types of Stress You Need to Know About.A clear understanding of the four different types of stress is the best presciption for health and wellness you will ever find. Permalink -- click for full blog post "4 Types of Stress You Need to Know About." Dec 6, 2009, Financial Stress Wins The Prize Every Year As The Most Stressful Issue In Life.We all have financial stress in our lives. Learn how to solve the problem instead of just learning to cope better. Dec 6, 2009, Managing Financial Stress: As Easy As 1, 2, 3Managing financial stress doesn't have to be hard. Follow three steps to end money worries once and for all. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Managing Financial Stress: As Easy As 1, 2, 3" Dec 3, 2009, Teen Stress & Childhood Stress Has Reached Epidemic Levels.What would it take to reduce the causes of teen stress and childhood stress; and give our kids a chance to enjoy life? Permalink -- click for full blog post "Teen Stress & Childhood Stress Has Reached Epidemic Levels." Dec 1, 2009, Herbal Stress Relief. Welcome to Mother Nature's Medicine Chest.If you haven't yet learned about the vast wealth of herbal stress relief tools available from Mother Nature, it's not too late. Dec 1, 2009, Herbs for Stress Just Waiting to Give You Loads of Stress Relief.Adaptogens are a unique group of herbs for stress that could go a long way to helping you get stress under control. Nov 30, 2009, Fantastic Stress Humor to Lighten Your Day.Never a dull moment. Here is some different forms of stress humor to help lighten the load. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Fantastic Stress Humor to Lighten Your Day." Nov 30, 2009, Endless Stress Jokes For You.Relieve all your stress with these great stress jokes. Laugh away to keep stress at bay. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Endless Stress Jokes For You." Nov 11, 2009, Are You Ready for Post Peak Oil or Will Stress Win The Day?There has been lots of buzz lately about post peak oil. What is it and what can you do to prepare? In 2012, experts say the world, as we have known it for the last 30-50 years, will cease to exist. 2012 is the year when the post peak oil crisis is predicted to finally become a reality. North America has been skirting the issue for a good 18 months now, but it is going to hit full force soon. Check out the following links: http://www.postpeakliving.com/preparing-post-peak-life and http://www.transitionUS.org It is going to bring new meaning to the need for effective stress management, as if it wasn't complicated enough already. People will have to become far more adaptable and flexible than they have ever needed to be before. Nov 10, 2009, Stress Headaches Are One of The Most Common Symptoms of Stress.Many people suffer from stress headaches, but many of those headaches may NOT be from stress. Make sure you investigate, carefully, your symptoms of stress, so you aren't suffering unnecessarily. Nov 7, 2009, Relieving Pain And Stress Reduction Go Hand In Hand.Reducing pain and stress reduction are an interesting pair. One causes the other but one also solves the other. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Relieving Pain And Stress Reduction Go Hand In Hand." Nov 5, 2009, General Adaptation Syndrome Is Not Your FaultIf you have general adaptation syndrome, don't feel bad, because you are not alone. In fact, 100% of human beings have it. Just ask Hans Selye. Permalink -- click for full blog post "General Adaptation Syndrome Is Not Your Fault" Nov 4, 2009, How To Cope With Stress: Only Crazy People Need Apply.To learn how to cope with stress, you have to be as creative as possible. Go crazy! Permalink -- click for full blog post "How To Cope With Stress: Only Crazy People Need Apply." Nov 2, 2009, Coping With Stress From Communication Anxiety Used To Be Hard, But No More.Coping with stress, all kinds of stress has been made far easier with the help of the social media revolution. Nov 2, 2009, Dealing With Stress Management Information Overload Is Making Us Even Sicker.Dealing with stress is a huge industry and everyone wants your money. How do you decide? You need a system to figure it all out. Nov 2, 2009, Controlling Stress With Systems, Not Just For Business.Using systems as a means of controlling stress is not just for business. It works well for individuals too. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Controlling Stress With Systems, Not Just For Business." Nov 1, 2009, Stress Relief Products: Check Out the Latest of the Creative and Innovative.The latest developments in stress relief products are truly exciting and effective. See them all here. Nov 1, 2009, A Good Stress Management Book Is Hard To FindIt can be stressful just searching for a good stress management book. Let us give you a hand finding some great resources! Permalink -- click for full blog post "A Good Stress Management Book Is Hard To Find" Oct 31, 2009, Relationship Stress Can Be The Worst Kind Of Stress.Solving relationship stress begins with taking away the power source of the issue. Break the problem apart and put fear of the unknown in its place. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Relationship Stress Can Be The Worst Kind Of Stress." Oct 22, 2009, Communication Anxiety Could Be The Biggest Cause Of Stress Of Them All.
There are almost no places we can go without needing to communicate with other people and the world is fast becoming a very scary place. As a result, our coping skills get tried on a daily basis. Consumer trends are moving towards people choosing to isolate themselves more and more. Solving our Interpersonal Wellness Challenges is becoming more difficult all the time as people turn to e-mail, texting and social networking as their key ways to communicate. The more ways that are created to communicate, the more unreachable people become. Oct 22, 2009, No Access To Quality Education - Major Cause of StressThere are so many things stressing us out these days. It seems a major problem area is the ability of the public education system to offer our children the quality education they deserve. Homeschooling is gaining ground in North America. There are several hundred thousand children being homeschooled each and every year with the numbers rising steadily. Is this the general public, sending a clear message to the public system, to shape up or we will get our needs met some other way? Oct 18, 2009, The Biggest Causes Of Stress Are Different For Each PersonNo matter what the biggest causes of stress are in your life, by investing the time to learn problem solving skills, you will eventually get back control of your health and your life. Permalink -- click for full blog post "The Biggest Causes Of Stress Are Different For Each Person" Oct 18, 2009, Stress and Disease Go Hand In Hand.Stress and disease seem to be kindred spirits in today's world. Which stress related disease do you have? Permalink -- click for full blog post "Stress and Disease Go Hand In Hand." Oct 18, 2009, Stress Related Illness Such As Asthma Can Be Solved.Asthma is a major stress related illness. Find out how to solve it and other inflammatory diseases. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Stress Related Illness Such As Asthma Can Be Solved." Oct 14, 2009, Oxidative Stress And Diabetes Are A Growing ConcernMany believe that emotional stress and diabetes are linked, but the real problem is oxidative stress and its relationship to diabetes and all chronic disease. Permalink -- click for full blog post "Oxidative Stress And Diabetes Are A Growing Concern"
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